You can find these exaggerations in Shakespeare and Jane Austen. The authors need to understand the difference between rhetoric and factual reporting. It's no

You can find these exaggerations in Shakespeare and Jane Austen. The authors need to understand the difference between rhetoric and factual reporting. It's not unusual to say "This is the worst thing in the world" to make a point without believing that it literally is absolutely the worst thing in the entire history of human experience.